Advertising-displaying machine.



L. F. W. MEESE.

ADVERTISING DISPLAYING MACHINE APPLICATION man mm. 1916.

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UNITED STATES PATENT onn on \LOUIS r. w. mnnsnor MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA.

ADVERTISING-DISPLAYING MACHINE.

Specification of Letters Patent. i Patented Jan. 1, 1918.

Application filed January 5, 1916. Serial No. 70,393.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, LOUIS F. W. Mnnsn, a citizen of the United States, residing at Minneapolis, in the county of Hennepin and State of Minnesota, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Advertising-Displaying Machines and Ido here-v by declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact descriptionot' the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same. r

Myinvention'has for its object to provide a simple and etlicient means for presenting to view, one after another, a plurality of display cards or sheets having marked thereon, various different printed matter orpictorial illustrations. Generally stated, the

invention consists of the novel' devices and Advertisement displaying machine; 1 In the machine ofsaid co-pending application,

andin the present machine, the cards 01' sheets are marked with advertisement or other matter on both sides; but the said first machine involves means for presenting the cards to VlGW'lIl succession at the same sight opening or point of vision, with one side exposed and then-with the other side exposed to View, whereas, in the present machine, the case or container-has two sight openings, one in each side, and means-is provided focpresenting the cards, right: sideup, in succes-- -s1on, to view at one sight opening, to expose one side of the cards,-a-nd then, in'succession, at the other sight opening, to'present to view'the other side ot' the cards. 7

In the accompanying drawings which illustrate the invention, like 'charactersinclients like parts throughout the several Referring to the drawings j I Figure 1 is a front elevatior'rof the machine;

Fig. 2 is a vertical-section takenon the line m m of Fig. 1; V

Fig. 3 is a diagrammatic side elevation showing the card winding device and certain cooperating parts; i

Fig. 41s a fragmentary plan view showing oneside of the machine, various parts being broken away; 1

Fig. 5 is a section taken approximately on the line :0 m of Fig. 4;

Fig. 6 is a section taken on the line :0 at of Fig. 5; and e I F igr 7 is a side-elevation showing the lower portion of the case and certain of the operating ears.

" The mechanism of the machine is placed 'WltlllIl a rectangular case 1. In the present illustration, the sight openings meat 2 and are as large as the interior of the casing, but the said case might; be provided with front and rear plates, both provided with suitable "sight openings. i 7 Mounted in suitable hearings on. the sides of the case 1 is an uppershaftB, fixed studs 4 and lower shafts 5 and 6. "Secured oneach of the said shafts and loosely journaled on each of the said studs "are sprockets 7 arranged in laterally. spaced sets of 4. A pair of laterally spaced parallel sprocket chains 8 run over the alined laterally spaced sets ofsprocket's 7. The trunnions 4 are located higher than the shaft 3,and forwardly ins cline'd channel-shaped tracks 9 extend from points above-said trunnions to points considerably below said shaft 3. These tracksQ are located quite close to the inner sides of the adjacent sprockets, and theyare rigidly secured by brackets 10 secured thereto and to thesides of the case 1. I

v The front'lower shaft 5, at one outer end carries a spur pinion 5 that meshes with an intermediate spur pinion 11 journaled on the outside of the case. The intermediate pinion 11' meshes with a larger complete spur gear-12 journaled to the outer side of the case 1 and mounted to rotate with a large segmental spur gear 12, which latter antermittently engages a spurpinion 13 carried on the outer end of a transverse roller shaft 14 that is journaled in the sides of the case l and carries a roller 14' that extends nearly, but notquit'e the entire distance between the laterally spaced chains 8.

Q The laterally spaced chains 8 early doubleended hooks or catch devices 15 and escape--.

,;-l9 th ereof will drop into position ,,to -.be fengaged by the ,catclrhooks l l iiof the --roller,ll. ,At-this time, theteeth :of the cross shaft 2:2.

ment actuating cam lugs 16 that are arrangedin laterally spaced pairs' The roller 14 carries, near its ends, a pair of hooks or catch devices 14". The functions oftheelements 1 1, 15 and 16 will appear in thede scription of the operation. w The display cards 17 are flexible and may be made either of'tough paper'or of cloth,

and at their upper and lower edgesareprovided with or secured to small rods 18 and ,:1-9 thatproject at their ends andarezprovided with wheel-like flanges 20 that r: are

,adapted tOyIlln in theichannelsof theiinclinedgtraeks 9. Normally,;the ,upper rods of the display cardsare supportedonithe said-tracks and theyarepermitted to. escape one Eat -a time, oil from the lower-end ofgthe said tracks, by a duplex escapement mecharnism con prising two escapement levers 21 pivoted to the sides of the case 1, by azsmall These escapement levers 21 are located just inwardsof the 1 upper .frontsprockets 7 and they are provided with outeturned fingers 23 adapted .to, be, engaged by the cam lugs 16 of the chainsQS. The

"lower free ends of the escapeinent levers v2.1;are formed with reversely acting escapewment palletsor'teeth 24 land 25, the latter of w-hicha-re bent inward and upward tothe inner-sides of the-lower ends otthe inclined tracks 9. Normally, the pal-lets 24engage the ends'of the upper rod of; theforemost ,display card and hold the same,,and-,all of 'the,.other display cards, back 111301113118 inclined tracks, as besti'shown in Figs-5.

Qperation: Let it first vbe ,assumed that vthe displaycards aresupportedavith their rods 18 ,uppermostnand resting on 'thein- ,clined tracks 9. WVhen thecam lugs lG-come escapement levers ,21, as ;Si1OWIl 1 I1'F-}g.; 2,

into engagenient with. the fingers 23 .of'the thesaid levers willbe raised, thereby causing the pallet 241- to release the, -foremo st dis- ,playrcard, and the pallets 25willbe inposi- V gthe second display card foremostcidisplay card s thus released the ends ofuits upper rod 18 will .drop onto the a511,, to ,hold back the uppermost rod 18, ot' When the first :or

lower prongs of the catch, hooks 15,,of,the chains, .and the ends of the lower rods segmental gear 1% will engage the ,teeth ,of-jthe pinion; 13 and will cause the roller .14 to wind upthe lower end. portion of the ,fiexible .parts during the time which is required for the-chains to carry the up-perrod 118 past thesaid rollerle. As thesaidupper rod18. is carried past the roller-E14, theends ,of therod 18v-slip from engagement with .the firont prongs; intov engagement with the rear prongs-of the-hooks '15,=and,:';as :these rear prongs, carry the said -r0dia-ndthfltaend of the card onward,v first toward theujight an d then npward, the segmental -gear:passes out of mesh with the pinion 13 and thereby releases the roller 14 so that the card may be 'freely 'unwountltherefrom. In this way,

the card is first displayed at one side of the case with one "face exposed and then is carried, the same end up, to the other side of the case 'where its other face is exposed. NVhen the -said card reaches the position shown by dotted lines in Fig. 2, its upper rod will drop ofl.:fr.o1nzthehooks-lhwand onto v, the {upper or zreceiying ends -.of thei tracks :9 and ,will ,be lelivered again to thelower 5 ends 'Q ..fl 5 idi tr k t n to thetesc peresen d ices, wh r li r1 1 r le s ste ili- The capem n 11-1 i2 may: be operated y gr vi y 1211 1 6, abut, ha shown, 1 they care yieldingly pressed downward-by: gravity and Iby :th se ti n o ,5 ight torsio sp ing 12 1a-nch0red: to: the crosshaf 2 22 lan t n i wsideiof tlie-cas i hat I claim is: p 51. Tina; machine of'the h-ind gdescribed the :QOmbiinationyWith an endless carnier,;li aying n eans torrarryingdisplay cards with-por- ,tions suspendedtherefrom, of airoller operative to ind-up; the uspende l wenzpo en re t rea zw enrfl latt wi pp the same-and to le t eisam on iafte vth sc rd h e-.m v lpes thes m 2. The combinatio Witht cas ah l n sigh op n ngsa t ,onpe it iside tot en .less ;carrier 1 belts ",WQIklQg within ,said rage di pr vid d wi h mean lforw arryilis pl y w rds with Q thei slower por ion 11 1 pended the e romei a tak npzr lle per -tir to win aipthesuspeml i we m rtian 39f said-sud as, th il ttemppma t e same nd t l he-sam ou \aite tth saidmard h veepassedth sam 13. The (combination with ea case; a ting 1. The comhinatio ---@Wit t eas xh s ng sight: openings a itsgnpp si e si es; f lend- .jless :carrier: belts wpr ingx with i sai case qandsprorided wit smean zio :e -n ying play cards with their lower portionswsus pended therefrom, of, a takefllp roller oper- --,a.tiv.ea;ito wind up; thersnspendedg lowenpor- .1 tions=ofsaidsunrises-the latte appr ac the same and to let the same out after thegaid cards have passed --;the-;same, andwinolined tra ksadantedaitowe eixe ithe eards *frnm, the

upper portions of said belts and t0 zdelillcrl the same back to the said belts, and escapement mechanism controlling the delivery of said cards, one at a time, from said tracks back onto said belts.

5. In a machine of the kind described, the combination with display cards having rods projecting from the sides of their upper and lower edges, of inclined tracks on which the uppermost rods of saiddisplay cards normally rest, endless carrier belts movable around said inclined tracks, hooks on said belts for receiving the. ends of the upper rods as they pass from said tracks to said belts and operative to deliver the said upper rods back onto said tracks, and an intermittently driven roller having hooks engageable with the lower rods of said cards to wind up the same while the cards are being rolled by said belt toward said roller, but to release the same when the cards have been moved past the said roller.

6. In a machine of the kind described, the combination with display cards having rods projecting from the sides of their upper and lower edges, of inclined tracks on Whichthe uppermost rods of said display cards normally rest, endless carrier belts movable around said inclined tracks, hooks on said belts for receiving the ends of the upper rods as they pass from said tracks to saidbelts and operative to deliver the said upper rods back onto said tracks, an intermittently driven roller having hooks engageable with the lower rods of said cards to wind up the same while the cards are being rolled by said belt toward said roller, but to release the same when the cards have been moved past the said roller, and belt actuated escapement devices controlling the delivery of said cards from said tracks to the catch hooks of said belts.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

LOUIS F. W. MEESE.

Witnesses:

B. G. WHEELER, CLARA DEMAREST.

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